Descriptive Summary

University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA

Identification:

MUM00228

Location:

General Special Collections

Language of Material:

English

Abstract:

The collection chiefly contains drafts and versions of screenplays written by Mississippi
playwright and screenwriter Beth Henley.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, July 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Subject Terms

Henley, Beth

Dramatists, American -- 20th century

Women dramatists, American

Formats

scripts (documents)

Biographical Note

Playwright and screenwriter Beth Henley was born in Jackson, Miss. in 1952. Many of
her works are set in Mississippi and feature southern characters and themes. Perhaps
her best-known play is Crimes of the Heart, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981. Crimes of the Heart also earned Henley a Tony award nomination, and was adapted as a film of the same
title in 1986. Her other works include The Wake of Jamey Foster (1983); The Miss Firecracker Contest (1985); The Debutante Ball (1991); Family Week (2000); Ridiculous Fraud (2006); and others.

Scope and Content Note

The collection chiefly contains drafts and versions of screenplays written by Mississippi
playwright and screenwriter Beth Henley.

User Information

Preferred Citation

Beth Henley Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Beth Henley Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.